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Race Results Recap

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Here are results from July 4th and July 7. 

Chesterfield Optimist 5K & 10K had about 125 participants in both events (evenly split between 5 & 10K).  Muncie runner Tyler Proctor, 17, won the 5K in 17:09 (5:31), Highland runner, Chris Jones was right behind him at 17:55 (5:46).  Each year this race draws a lot of local high school runners looking for a mid-summer time trial.  Gwen Kemple of Anderson, won the female division in 19:10 (6:10).  The result sheets don’t differentiate walkers and runners in the 5K divisions.  In the 10K Muncie runner Matt Kimbrell won in 35:22 (5:41) and Ann Morris won the female division in 50:34 (8:08). 

CarmelFEST Freedom Run 4.4 mile race had 759 participants.  Josh Trishler, 28, won the race in 21:59 (4:59) by almost 21 seconds.  Former Pendleton runner, Brock Hagerman placed sixth in 22:54 (5:12).  Lucie Mays-Sulewski, 36 of Westfield, won the woman’s division in 26:18 (5:58).  All proceeds benefited Donate Life, Indiana.

Fast Track Mile was won by Lucas Roscoe in 4:26 out of 200 men. Kayla Alexander won the women’s division in 5:16 out of 200 women. Terre Haute High School won the boy’s high school division with 4 runners running a combined 19:15 and Otter Creek Middle School won the middle school boy’s division in 22:59 with 4 runners.  Terre Haute High School girls’ team won their division with a combined time of 23:53, Otter Creek Middle School also won their division in 24:29. 

Mayberry Classic in Clay City had about 100 participants in the 5K, 2Mi Walk, and 1/2 Mi run combined. Anthony Witt won the 5K in 16:00 (5:08).  It appears that Jessie Vansickle won the female division in 20:58 (6:44).   Kole Smith smashed the walking competition in 16:21 (8:10) and Megan Vansicle walked 28:53 (14:26).  In the kid’s 1/2 mile run Landon Swearingen ran 3:01 (6:02 pace) and Alisha Steward wasn’t far behind in 3:11 (6:22).

 

I will post other results if I get them.  Congrads to all those who participated!

 

 

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Jennifer’s Run Update

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Do you recall my race review from my June 16th race in Hartford City. The race was called Jennifer’s Run and was a race to raise money to increase awareness and prevention of domestic abuse.

I was a little critical about some aspect of the race and e-mailed the race director in an attempt to be constructive and help them for future events. Last week, I was informed by a friend that the race’s website had been updated with a response from Teresa, the race director.

In a letter she corrected the race results and said:

Thanks for your patience everybody. We still have a bit of an issue with the results in that we are unable to force the computer to exclude the top 3 overall finishers from the age groups, however we were able to get it to exclude the top 2 overall finishers which has only effected two age groups. I’ve listed the corrections to the age group results below, if you do not see your name then you may rely on the computer generated HTML for your results.

On race day, our program printed out 10 year age groups instead of 5 year age groups. This discrepancy was not noticed until after the awards had been presented, however as everyone had already left we were unable to make corrections at the time. We are addressing that issue now. The program has been fixed and the correct age groups are reflected in the computer generated html. You will find your results there. We would like to apologize for the inconvenience as we seek to disperse the awards to those of you who earned them.

She also indicated that if you wanted to claim your awards you can do so by contacting her.

She also added a section entitled “Participant Suggestion Box” which highlights what they are doing to address some of my concerns. She specifically talks about post-race water, course length and layout, and finally start time. I would encourage you to check out her comments and provide feedback.

I also forgot to mention in my original post that they did have a professional photographer taking pictures. Results are also currently available here.

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Race Review: Chesterfield 10K – July 4th

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On a relatively cool morning, at least for the Fourth, about 125 runners and walkers from around East Central gathered to take part in this 16th annual 5K and 10K tradition starting near the Millcreek Civic Center in downtown Chesterfield, IN.

I ran a decent race, considering my pre-race preparations (eating ribs and staying out until 1:30am watching the midnight parade!).  My time was 43:05, with my splits being 6:25, 6:26, 7:27, 6:36, 7:26, 7:00, 1:45.  Don’t get too excited about my uneven looking splits.  I was told that the overall race was exactly 6.2 by GPS, but the individual miles weren’t marked correctly.  So those middle couple miles where my times varied by a minute were long, short, and long respectively!

The course overall is pretty flat.  10K runners start with the 5K group, running through Chesterfield and down the hill to the river level.  The 5K group then runs into the Greenhill (?) addition up a hill and turns around.  The 10K proceeds through “Deadman’s curve” before heading up a hill.  The 10K had 3 water stops and a 4th “rouge” stop!  The only other hill of significance is right before the 6 mile mark, although there are some smaller hills leading into that.

The race started approximately on time and was supported well by the Chesterfield Police force. Each mile mark was marked and had someone reading off overall race time, which was appreciated. At the finish there was water and making the short walk back to the Civic Center they had water, bananas, cookies, apples, and WATERMELON to rehydrate and replenish your body!!

Unfortunately, we waited a long time after the completion of the race it was around 10:30 (8:30 start), before the awards started.  This was actually better than last year, so that is encouraging! All winners received plaques.

I haven’t done this for other races, but click here to see a map of the actual course. I’ll post overall results when I get them.


One Race on 07-07-07

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Hope you had a great 4th of July celebration.  I’ll post race results from yesterday and this weekend on Tuesday!

 

Only one race wanted to be on this special day! Maybe all the race directors are busy attending weddings on this supposedly sought after wedding day.  I’ll actually be in a wedding, hopefully logging some miles on mountainous trails of Kentucky!!

 

The race: Clay City’s 2nd Annual Mayberry Classic 5K (pdf) is located at Goshorn Park in Clay City, IN.  This is down near Terre Haute and is helping raise money for the Clay City Center for Family Medicine.  The Center is part of the Lugar Center for Rural Health.

 

Good luck!


Race Results from June 30

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Here is a quick roundup of results from the weekend.

Haynes-Apperson 4 mile race was won by Kyle Walsh of Kokomo in 20:33 (5:09). It was a competitive field with BJ Needler of Wabash coming in second in 20:40 (5:10) and local favorite, Andy Prieshoff running 23:06 (5:47) to finish 8th. The top female was 14 year-old Waverly Neer from Russiaville with a time of 24:22 (6:06). Two hundred and forty-four participants completed the 4 mile road race, while eighty-four completed the 3 mile walk. Greg Callahan, Muncie, won the walk in a time of 30:12 (10:04) and Mary Miller of Bunker Hill won the female division in 31:58 (10:40). Since they posted the fun run results I’ll highlight them: Carl Christianson, 16 won, but may have been pacing Heidi Freeman, 12 of Kokomo; they both finished in 5:39. Quite impressive Heidi!

The Summer Scamper 4 Miler with eighty-two participants was won by Ramon Chairez in 23:38 (5:54) and the female winner was Carla Yerkes who ran a 27:40 (6:55) to place tenth. Ramon was in the 15-17 age group and Carla the 45-49.

Don’t forget about tomorrow’s races:

Firecracker 5K Run located in Portland, starting at 8am.

CarmelFest FREEDOM RUN & WALK 4.5 Mile run starts at 8am and 1.5 Mi family walk at 8:05am. Event is located at Carmel High School and managed by Tuxbro. This event benefits Donate Life Indiana. Award given to most patriotic outfit!

Fast Track Mile located in downtown Terre Haute. Organized by the Wabash Valley Roadrunners Club, the mile race includes a scored school division. Women race at 8:15 and men at 8:30.

Chesterfield Optimists 5K and 10K (pdf) located in Chesterfield (just east of Anderson). Starting at 8:30am this is a pretty good race with a pancake breakfast, and Chesterfield Town Parade following.

Fowler 5K Run/Walk located northwest of Lafayette. $5 entry and pancake and sausage breakfast afterwards!

Weather Forecast for July 4th is currently a high of 86 with Isolated T-storms.

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